#3BB0A8#3BB0A8

#3BB0A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BB0A8
RGB	rgb(59, 176, 168)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -33.96, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 34.40, 189.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.102 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.103 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3936, 34.8049, 42.4706)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BB0A8 #B03B43

analogous

#3BB06D #3BB0A8 #3B7DB0

triadic

#3BB0A8 #A83BB0 #B0A83B

tetradic

#3BB0A8 #6D3BB0 #B03B43 #7DB03B

square

#3BB0A8 #6D3BB0 #B03B43 #7DB03B

split-complementary

#3BB0A8 #B03B7D #B06D3B

monochromatic

#1C5450 #2C827C #3BB0A8 #5FC9C2 #8DD9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#3BB0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#3BB0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BB0A8

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BB0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BB0A8	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bb0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 176, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c8c1',
    500: '#3bb0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bb0a8;
$custom-light: #81c8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bb0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.897,
    "s": 49.787,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69087,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BB0A8

secondary

#C38388

accent

#4E58D9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BB0A8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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